Review #: 142
Description: Castle & Key Spring Gin 2020
Spirit: Gin
Background: This is a gin distilled by Castle & Key using their rye whiskey mashibill with a long list of botanicals added.
Distillery – Castle & Key
Bottler – Castle & Key
Brand – Castle & Key
Selection – N/A
ABV – 46.5%
Age – Unaged
Nose – Slight cinnamon, orange peel, clove, coriander, juniper is well integrated, lemon-lime
Taste – Lime, sweet cream, cucumber, almost like Sprite with so much sweet lemon-lime taste
Finish – Juniper really comes in a dries things out a bit, savory herbs: rosemary, thyme, a little bit of cool mint comes in with the drying heat.
Score: 6
Would I buy a bottle? Yes
Thoughts: I really enjoyed this. A good play of sweet and savory, botanicals balanced well with the juniper. This was a real nice sipper for a hot day and I bet makes some killer citrus cocktails. Definitely would like a bottle of this. I had this blind several weeks later, and came across a little less balanced and gave it a 5. I was originally going to give this a 7 so I will split the difference and land on a 6.